Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-03-02
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THURSDAY, February A.

In the council yesterday, as stated 1T our local colums, the house hill abolish ing county courts passed by . strie' party vvte-9 ,. This bill goes ie the governor for his signature. Council bill 59 WAS introduced by Anderson. rlstinE to riparian water rights.
 Watkins introduced No. 60. an act to provide for increasing the revenue oi the territory and public school fund which was read tist and second time under suspension of the rules and r- ferred to the committee on education. Iu the house Leatherwood introduced . memorial asking for the appointment of larger force of inspectors along the MeXican frontier. Gray presented . petition asking that . slice of Pima county be cut of and glued to Cochise.
 House bill 7S was introduced by Baker. an act concerning the territorial prison.
 By Peel. No. n. from code com mission, an act concerning limitation of actions.
 The house having refused ,o concur in ammendments of the council ,o the penal code, Scott of Pima, Smith and Peel were appointed as s conference committee, the council committee being composed of Watkins and Burdick.
 The committee on education, in the council has reported . substitute for Strauss public school bill, which wac under discussion this morning. The bill is substantially the old school law with few amendments.
 The only sbsentees in the house this morning were Fisher lon lesve} and White.
 Trippel, of the committee on appro priAtions, reported fAvorAbly on Ashurst's anti-railroad bond bill oi this county.
 Gray, of the committee on corpora tion., reported uniavorsbly on the insur- ance bill.
 Scott, of the conference committee on the amendments made to the penal code bill in the council, reported fsvorsbly on the amendments, Burdick, of the ,ame committee. from the council. dissenting.
 Bills wers introduced:
 By Andrews, No. sl. an ac. concern ing streams, lakes and rivers of the ter ritory. with special reference to irriga- ton and mining.
 By Andrews, No. s2. an act to amend an act entitled an act concerning dis trict court reporters, approved February l3. 1879. The principal provisions of this bill is to cut the salaries of conrt reporters down to $600 per year.
 By Bracevell, No. S3, to amend an act for the protection of stock rai-ers; re- ferrd to . select committee composed of Feitou, Ashurr'. Baker and Dorsn-
 On motion of Andrews. house bill No. g. amending an act defining the bound aries of Msricopa county. was taken from the table, and, on motion of Trip pei, the bill was considered engrossed.
 On motion of Oliver, the vote where by the house refused to concur in coun- cil amendments of the penal code bill was reconsidered. and, on motion of Scott. the amendments were adopted.
 Council (code) bills g. S6 and 37 were passed by unanimous vote of all mem- bers present
 The house went into . committee of the whole, to consider amendments to house bill 7S. from the code commission, concerning elections, with Peel in the chair. The bill elicited considerable dis cussion and without taking final action on it, the committee arose and asked leave to sit again to further consider it.
 Mings Niles county bill and Trippel's bill attaching . portion of Ysvspai to Gila county. passed the house this after noon
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